2011 SP4 Hole Table BUG

If you use hole tables & just upgraded to 2011 SP4 then any new hole tables you create or old ones that get modified will no longer have the quantity of the holes for each callout. You can edit the hole callout string & add it in but the quanties will not show up. It is reported to have been fixed for SP5. If this affects you the SPR for it is 610875

Could you please show a screen shot or an example of this problem? I haven't seen any issues with my sp4 install, but others here have not upgraded yet and this could be a real problem if we upgrade all our seats.

Here's screenshots of SP3 hole callout & SP4 hole callout. The SP4 callout has the quantity in the hole callout missing. They are OK if you just open the drawing in SP4 but if you need to modify any or create new ones in SP4 then you loose the quantity.

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This might actually be a better error than in SW2010 (sp4.0). When I "combine same size" holes, the <NUM_INST> variable reports the WRONG number of holes, rather than not showing any number. See attached. In the table shown, there are not 16 "Axx" holes, there are 68, and there are not 28 "Cxx" holes, there are 36. If I put a hole callout on hole A1, the qty for that callout (feature) quantity is 16. The table is not "combining" quantities when sizes are combined.

The one problem with the hole tables before they allowed you to reorder them was if you removed any holes, the numbering got all screwed up so having the actual count in the callout was helpful. Plus using the hole callout file for the hole tables, they're added automatically anyhow.

I've never done this on a production print, I was just testing the <NUM_INST> variable to see if 2010 was the same as 2011, when it displayed the more critical error. We also allow the tag to effectively count the number of instances. If a part is revised and holes go away, the table stays with missing instance numbers in the tags. If the part is used as a seed to a new part, and holes go away, the drawing's table is deleted and re-inserted to generate new tag numbers with no gaps. Again, the tags keep count.

We are having an issue with 2011 SP4 where Solidworks is crashing just trying to create a new hole table in a drawing. It crashes placing hole tables for both new parts and existing parts... Anyone know of any workarounds?

I have the same problem. My workaround - create a new table without selecting any holes. After the hole table is placed, select the hole table in the feature tree and Edit Feature, then add in holes.

There are some other issues like if your hole table template is with Table Header Bottom, new rows will be added under the header which kind of mess up your table. So you better change it to Table Header Top before you add in holes and after all holes are added, change it back to Table Header Bottom.

Thanks Kevin, that works for me as well. Seems strange for a service pack to break the hole table... Hopefully they resolve it soon. Is there a SPR for this issue or should the original posters issue cover it?